Table 7D
2008 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1)
National
Comparison of Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in Household by Contributor(2)
Children Aged less than 5 years (3)

Comparison of Breastfeeding, TV Viewing, and Smoking in Household by Contributor (4,5)
Breastfeeding (5)
Contributor

Number Included
in Analysis

%
Ever
Breastfed

Ever
Breastfed
Rank

Number Included
in Analysis

%
Breastfed
At Least
6 Months

Breastfed
At Least
6 Months
Rank

Number Included
in Analysis

%
Breastfed
At Least
12 Months

Breastfed
At Least
12 Months
Rank

Alabama 41,919 36.9

(46)

 0

*

*

 0

*

*
Arizona 44,428 63.8

(22)

 36,960

28.9

(14)

 33,597

16.4

(18)
Arkansas 25,843 48.0

(39)

 6,992

11.7

(42)

 15,765

5.6

(42)
AZ I/Tribal Council 2,831 66.1

(20)

 1,220

27.6

(16)

 2,127

17.7

(14)
California 0 *

*

 0

*

*

 0

*

*
Cheyenne River-SD 133 30.1

(49)

 95

*

*

 94

*

*
Colorado 28,304 75.3

(7)

 23,561

28.1

(15)

 17,780

16.1

(19)
Connecticut 16,105 62.8

(23)

 5,966

24.4

(24)

 11,481

17.2

(15)
D.C. 5,057 47.1

(40)

 2,113

23.0

(25)

 1,930

10.0

(36)
Florida 133,416 69.2

(16)

 105,050

27.3

(17)

 91,252

18.0

(11)
Georgia 91,971 53.0

(37)

 62,356

19.7

(35)

 49,083

8.4

(38)
Hawaii 8,398 82.8

(4)

 4,121

38.1

(6)

 7,305

20.2

(9)
Idaho 11,618 81.6

(5)

 5,123

30.0

(12)

 5,901

15.8

(21)
Illinois 59,945 62.1

(24)

 11,316

20.9

(31)

 22,649

9.6

(37)
Indiana 44,954 61.5

(25)

 17,798

22.6

(28)

 31,008

10.1

(35)
Iowa 18,572 61.2

(27)

 14,633

20.0

(34)

 12,273

11.7

(30)
Kansas 19,342 68.0

(18)

 7,878

20.6

(32)

 12,678

12.2

(28)
Kentucky 43,492 36.3

(47)

 26,533

10.8

(43)

 24,731

5.4

(43)
Maryland 36,430 58.4

(32)

 14,043

30.0

(12)

 24,565

18.0

(11)
Massachusetts 31,250 72.1

(11)

 13,197

27.3

(17)

 19,463

14.0

(25)
Michigan 60,080 52.5

(38)

 40,792

15.8

(38)

 37,776

12.0

(29)
Minnesota 33,547 72.9

(10)

 18,475

31.4

(10)

 26,136

19.7

(10)
Mississippi 0 *

*

 0

*

*

 0

*

*
Missouri 43,817 55.1

(35)

 15,063

15.4

(39)

 29,555

7.1

(41)
Montana 5,507 73.7

(9)

 2,317

32.1

(9)

 3,381

18.0

(11)
Navajo Nation 3,026 75.6

(6)

 1,364

34.1

(7)

 2,525

22.9

(7)
Nebraska 12,265 68.8

(17)

 8,654

22.8

(27)

 7,644

16.9

(16)
Nevada 17,762 60.6

(28)

 13,762

25.1

(21)

 10,027

14.8

(24)
New Hampshire 4,771 67.0

(19)

 1,975

24.6

(23)

 2,876

15.9

(20)
New Jersey 44,589 58.5

(31)

 37,231

33.5

(8)

 28,030

25.1

(6)
New Mexico 6,858 70.4

(14)

 6,291

26.7

(20)

 5,200

20.7

(8)
New York 131,145 73.8

(8)

 47,556

41.2

(3)

 91,416

26.1

(4)
North Carolina 61,414 60.3

(29)

 23,662

21.3

(30)

 36,838

15.5

(22)
North Dakota 3,614 58.3

(33)

 3,259

20.1

(33)

 2,605

10.4

(34)
Ohio Child Hlth 0 *

*

 0

*

*

 0

*

*
Ohio-WIC 75,350 46.1

(41)

 50,647

16.1

(37)

 38,323

10.5

(33)
Oregon 22,748 91.0

(1)

 14,741

42.3

(2)

 15,315

26.1

(4)
Pennsylvania 67,609 45.1

(42)

 25,983

14.8

(40)

 43,802

8.4

(38)
Puerto Rico 37,108 54.8

(36)

 0

*

*

 0

*

*
Rhode Island 5,040 57.1

(34)

 1,820

22.4

(29)

 3,424

11.4

(32)
Rosebud Sioux-SD 219 70.3

(15)

 75

*

*

 184

15.2

(23)
South Carolina 22,615 42.8

(43)

 0

*

*

 0

*

*
South Dakota 5,254 59.7

(30)

 3,113

19.7

(35)

 2,652

11.6

(31)
Standing Rock-ND 134 35.1

(48)

 53

*

*

 93

*

*
Tennessee 22,053 40.9

(45)

 755

23.0

(25)

 10,979

4.8

(44)
Texas 237,743 71.4

(12)

 91,945

40.3

(4)

 169,580

37.3

(2)
Three Aff.Tribes-ND 62 *

*

 46

*

*

 29

*

*
Vermont 2,420 70.5

(13)

 2,032

31.4

(10)

 1,987

12.7

(26)
Virgin Islands 1,268 88.1

(2)

 558

61.1

(1)

 952

39.6

(1)
Virginia 34,598 61.4

(26)

 15,502

24.7

(22)

 24,587

16.9

(16)
Washington 46,642 85.4

(3)

 38,354

39.1

(5)

 31,843

27.6

(3)
West Virginia 13,832 42.5

(44)

 9,818

12.3

(41)

 6,900

8.4

(38)
Wisconsin 31,985 64.6

(21)

 13,963

27.1

(19)

 19,862

12.3

(27)
Nation 1,719,083 62.0

848,761

26.9

1,038,203

19.1

Exclusive Breastfeeding (6)
Contributor

Number Included
in Analysis

%
Breastfed
At Least
3 Months

Breastfed
At Least
3 Months
Rank

Number Included
in Analysis

%
Breastfed
At Least
6 Months

Breastfed
At Least
6 Months
Rank

Alabama 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Arizona 15,511 6.9

(15)

 20,031

2.3

(17)
Arkansas 0 *

*

 0

*

*
AZ I/Tribal Council 696 20.4

(3)

 1,219

8.0

(8)
California 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Cheyenne River-SD 54 *

*

 80

*

*
Colorado 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Connecticut 0 *

*

 0

*

*
D.C. 1,266 6.0

(17)

 2,001

2.6

(16)
Florida 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Georgia 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Hawaii 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Idaho 2,963 32.1

(2)

 4,193

23.5

(2)
Illinois 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Indiana 11,830 15.4

(7)

 17,451

7.7

(9)
Iowa 12,173 6.2

(16)

 13,534

2.7

(15)
Kansas 4,390 14.0

(9)

 7,769

2.9

(14)
Kentucky 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Maryland 6,668 9.7

(12)

 11,122

3.2

(13)
Massachusetts 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Michigan 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Minnesota 11,221 13.2

(10)

 18,416

9.8

(4)
Mississippi 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Missouri 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Montana 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Navajo Nation 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Nebraska 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Nevada 0 *

*

 0

*

*
New Hampshire 1,134 20.3

(4)

 1,945

8.8

(6)
New Jersey 16,104 9.7

(12)

 20,398

9.1

(5)
New Mexico 2,156 20.0

(5)

 4,824

11.9

(3)
New York 24,472 8.6

(14)

 45,288

3.8

(12)
North Carolina 0 *

*

 0

*

*
North Dakota 3,132 14.9

(8)

 3,164

8.2

(7)
Ohio Child Hlth 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Ohio-WIC 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Oregon 9,912 43.3

(1)

 10,601

33.6

(1)
Pennsylvania 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Puerto Rico 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Rhode Island 855 11.6

(11)

 1,668

4.9

(11)
Rosebud Sioux-SD 14 *

*

 55

*

*
South Carolina 0 *

*

 0

*

*
South Dakota 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Standing Rock-ND 21 *

*

 53

*

*
Tennessee 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Texas 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Three Aff.Tribes-ND 33 *

*

 36

*

*
Vermont 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Virgin Islands 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Virginia 0 *

*

 0

*

*
Washington 0 *

*

 0

*

*
West Virginia 9,656 2.9

(18)

 9,605

0.4

(18)
Wisconsin 10,160 15.7

(6)

 12,963

6.3

(10)
Nation 144,421 12.9

206,416

7.2

Less than or equal to 2 Hours TV Viewing per Day (7)
Contributor

Number Included
in Analysis

%

Rank

Alabama 0 *

*
Arizona 0 *

*
Arkansas 0 *

*
AZ I/Tribal Council 6,403 70.2

(15)
California 0 *

*
Cheyenne River-SD 381 79.8

(9)
Colorado 0 *

*
Connecticut 0 *

*
D.C. 6,644 69.8

(16)
Florida 0 *

*
Georgia 0 *

*
Hawaii 0 *

*
Idaho 0 *

*
Illinois 0 *

*
Indiana 69,995 66.9

(19)
Iowa 31,351 83.7

(5)
Kansas 36,868 76.8

(13)
Kentucky 68,600 89.8

(2)
Maryland 55,951 77.1

(12)
Massachusetts 0 *

*
Michigan 1,328 79.9

(8)
Minnesota 0 *

*
Mississippi 0 *

*
Missouri 0 *

*
Montana 0 *

*
Navajo Nation 0 *

*
Nebraska 22,303 85.5

(4)
Nevada 0 *

*
New Hampshire 8,663 87.3

(3)
New Jersey 70,515 40.6

(21)
New Mexico 0 *

*
New York 231,228 78.1

(10)
North Carolina 0 *

*
North Dakota 6,463 78.0

(11)
Ohio Child Hlth 0 *

*
Ohio-WIC 0 *

*
Oregon 0 *

*
Pennsylvania 0 *

*
Puerto Rico 0 *

*
Rhode Island 11,561 71.6

(14)
Rosebud Sioux-SD 143 93.7

(1)
South Carolina 29,956 68.8

(18)
South Dakota 0 *

*
Standing Rock-ND 0 *

*
Tennessee 0 *

*
Texas 0 *

*
Three Aff.Tribes-ND 151 69.5

(17)
Vermont 0 *

*
Virgin Islands 2,207 57.5

(20)
Virginia 0 *

*
Washington 0 *

*
West Virginia 23,567 83.5

(6)
Wisconsin 60,419 81.8

(7)
Nation 744,697 74.8

Smoking in Household
Contributor

Number Included
in Analysis

%

Rank

Alabama 0 *

*
Arizona 176,986 14.9

(15)
Arkansas 0 *

*
AZ I/Tribal Council 12,552 8.7

(8)
California 1,187,600 3.8

(3)
Cheyenne River-SD 765 9.2

(9)
Colorado 0 *

*
Connecticut 20,777 4.4

(4)
D.C. 16,972 11.0

(12)
Florida 0 *

*
Georgia 0 *

*
Hawaii 0 *

*
Idaho 0 *

*
Illinois 25,339 21.6

(20)
Indiana 162,574 29.9

(25)
Iowa 73,918 35.6

(26)
Kansas 77,483 18.6

(18)
Kentucky 172,357 28.3

(23)
Maryland 130,201 5.8

(6)
Massachusetts 0 *

*
Michigan 5,832 7.0

(7)
Minnesota 0 *

*
Mississippi 0 *

*
Missouri 0 *

*
Montana 0 *

*
Navajo Nation 0 *

*
Nebraska 49,309 27.9

(22)
Nevada 0 *

*
New Hampshire 18,197 37.9

(27)
New Jersey 170,651 9.2

(9)
New Mexico 0 *

*
New York 488,866 3.2

(2)
North Carolina 0 *

*
North Dakota 14,772 29.7

(24)
Ohio Child Hlth 21,533 4.7

(5)
Ohio-WIC 0 *

*
Oregon 0 *

*
Pennsylvania 0 *

*
Puerto Rico 0 *

*
Rhode Island 24,349 14.0

(14)
Rosebud Sioux-SD 1,301 18.1

(17)
South Carolina 88,562 16.9

(16)
South Dakota 0 *

*
Standing Rock-ND 2 *

*
Tennessee 0 *

*
Texas 0 *

*
Three Aff.Tribes-ND 336 12.5

(13)
Vermont 0 *

*
Virgin Islands 5,388 1.8

(1)
Virginia 150,411 22.2

(21)
Washington 0 *

*
West Virginia 52,369 19.7

(19)
Wisconsin 127,950 9.3

(11)
Nation 3,277,352 10.9
(1) Reporting period is January 1 through December 31.
(2) TV Viewing and Smoking in Household data are not reported by all contributers.
(3) Analyses based on one record per child.
(4) Excludes records with unknown data or errors.
(5) Rank compares this contributor's rate to other contributors. Rank 1 = best rate.
(6) Infants born during the reporting period included in the Ever Breastfed analysis. Infants who turned 6 months of age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit included in the Breastfed At Least 6 Months analysis. Children who turned 12 months of age during the reporting period by/on their date of visit included in the Breastfed At Least 12 Months analysis.
(7) Children aged 2 years and older included in the analysis.
* Percentages are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.